Pola Brändle (born April 7, 1980, in

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, Germany) is a German

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/ decollage artist who lives and works in

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, Germany.

Life

Brändle grew up in

, and, after graduating from high school, she joined the Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts, where she earned her

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in 2003. Brändle's final work at the Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts was supported by the "TENT Academy Award" (Rotterdam) together with nine other nominationsExhibition TENT Academy Award, Contemporary Art and Spirits(CAS), Osaka, Japa

/ref> as best final works in the Netherlands. During her studies Brändle developed her artistic photographic potentials and discovered the fascination of posters and their artistic opportunities for further editing. After living in

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and

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, Brändle moved to the Mediterranean island of

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. In 2012 Bränlde returned to Berlin

, where she now lives and works.

Work

Brändle follows in the footsteps of the affichistes working with posters from her immediate environment but also collecting material on her travels which provide the bases of her time- and culture-specific artworks. Her work involves both small fragments and large-scale pieces ranging between pop art and

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Exhibitions (selection)

This is a table of exhibitions of Pola Brändle * 2018: Kunststation Kleinsassen, Kleinsassen, Germany * 2017: Alte Feuerwache - project room, Berlin, Germany * 2016: Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, Germany * 2016: Hotel de Rome (

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), Berlin, Germany * 2015/16: Sunnubraut, Island Biennial, Gardur, Island * 2015: RDKM, Yalova Biennial, Istanbul & Yalova, Turkey * 2014: Kunstetage K55, Heilbronn, Germany * 2014: MMG Gallery, Budapest, Hungary * 2013: City Museum, Yalova, Turkey * 2010: CoCA - Center of Contemporary Art, Seattle, US

Literature

* Brändle, Pola: „Plakatief – A World in Layers“; Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld;

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